Method for Connection Re-Establishment in a Mobile Communciation System

1. A method for re-establishment of a connection for an User Equipment UE in a packet mobile communication system, said method comprising: a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) sending a paging request for said UE, said paging request including Mobility Management Context and Service Context information for said UE, a plurality of Base Stations receiving said paging request and storing said Mobility Management Context and Service Context information, a Base Station of said plurality of Base Stations receiving an answer from said UE to said paging request, using said stored information to re-establish said connection for said UE without having to wait for explicit request from said SGSN.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein: said Mobility Management Context information includes information that would have been carried by an explicit Security Mode Command request from said SGSN.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein: said Service Context information includes information that would have been carried by an explicit request from said SGSN for bearer establishment for said UE.

4. A serving GPRS support node (SGSN) of a packet mobile communication system, said SGSN configured to, for re-establishment of a connection for an User Equipment UE: send a paging request for said UE, said paging request including Mobility Management Context and Service Context information for said UE, such that said connection can be re-established using said Mobility Management Context and Service Context information stored at a Base Station for said UE without having to wait for explicit request from said SGSN.

5. An SGSN according to claim 4 , wherein: said Mobility Management Context information includes information that would have been carried by an explicit Security Mode Command request from said SGSN.

6. An SGSN according to claim 4 , wherein: said Service Context information includes information that would have been carried by an explicit request from said SGSN for bearer establishment for said UE.

7. A Base Station of a packet mobile communication system, said Base Station configured to, for re-establishment of a connection for an User Equipment UE: store Mobility Management and Service Context information for said UE carried by a paging request received by said Base Station, upon receiving an UE answer to said paging request, use said stored information to re-establish said connection for said UE without having to wait for explicit request from a serving GPRS support node (SGSN).

8. A Base Station according to claim 7 , wherein: a timer is associated with said storage.

9. A Base Station according to claim 7 , wherein: said Mobility Management Context information includes information that would have been carried by an explicit Security Mode Command request from said SGSN.

10. A Base Station according to claim 7 , wherein: said Service Context information includes information that would have been carried by an explicit request from said SGSN for bearer establishment for said UE.